2019 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Lesser Sunda Islands
A total of four teams played in Lesser Sunda Islands regional round. The best teams from this region advanced to national round. This region was played from 18 November – 2 December 2019.


2019 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Maluku
A total of two teams played in Maluku regional round. The best teams from this region advanced to national round. This region was played from 21–30 November 2019.


2019 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Papua
A total of two teams played in Papua regional round. The best teams from this region advanced to national round. This region was played from 22 November – 1 December 2019.


2019 Liga 3 Regional Round, Qualified teams
The following teams qualified from regional route for the national round.


2019 Liga 3 Riau
The 2019 Liga 3 Riau is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) Riau as a qualifying round for the national round of 2019 Liga 3. AS Abadi, winner of the 2018 Liga 3 Riau are the defending champions. The competition began on 3 August 2019.


2019 Liga 3 Riau, Format
In this competition, 12 teams are divided into 3 groups of four. The winner will represent Riau in the national round of 2019 Liga 3.


2019 Liga 3 Riau, Teams
There are 12 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2019 Liga 3 Riau, Finals
(Aggregate 3-3, Tornado FC Pekanbaru won 4 - 3 on penalties)


2019 Liga 3 South Kalimantan
The 2019 Liga 3 South Kalimantan is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) South Kalimantan as a qualifying round for the national round of 2019 Liga 3. Kotabaru, winner of the 2018 Liga 3 South Kalimantan are the defending champions. The competition began on 21 July 2019.


2019 Liga 3 South Kalimantan, Format
In this competition, 14 teams are divided into 4 groups of three or four. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent South Kalimantan in the national round of 2019 Liga 3.


2019 Liga 3 South Kalimantan, Teams
There are 14 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2019 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi
The 2019 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) Southeast Sulawesi as a qualifying round for the national round of 2019 Liga 3. PS Wonua Bombana, winner of the 2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi are the defending champions. The competition began on 15 August 2019.


2019 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi, Format
In this competition, 14 teams are divided into 4 groups of three or four. The winner will represent Southeast Sulawesi in the national round of 2019 Liga 3.


2019 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi, Teams
There are 14 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2019 season was the club's 89th year of existence, the 66th year in professional football, and the 58th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad information
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A
The 2019 season is Liga's 58th season in the Serie A and their 18th consecutive. It is the first tournament organized by LigaPro.


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Libertadores
L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2019 CONMEBOL Libertadores—their 17th participation in the continental tournament—as Champions of the 2018 Serie A. They entered the competition in the group stage.


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Libertadores squad
1. Antonio Valencia replaced Jefferson Intriago for the Round of 16. 2 . Luis Ayala replaced Djorkaeff Reasco for the Round of 16. 3. Luis Caicedo replaced Nicolás Freire for the Round of 16. 4. Juan Luis Anangonó left the club. Source:


2019 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Ecuador
It's the first edition of the tournament. L.D.U. Quito entered the competition in the third stage.


2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
The 2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol (known as the LDF Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of professional football in the Dominican Republic. The season started on 30 March 2019.


2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Format
The 2019 tournament of the Liga Dominicana de Futbol will start with 12 teams. The event will be developed with a new format, each of the twelve clubs can have up to 6 foreign players on their payroll.


2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Format
The new format includes an "Apertura" and a "Clausura" tournament, both will be played one round and has been agreed with the twelve clubs and also with CONCACAF. The "Apertura" will have a semifinal with the four best teams and then a final, as well as the "Clausura".


2019 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Format
Then the champion of each tournament will compete to win the qualification to the CONCACAF championship tournament. Another club will qualify for the CONCACAF tournament, accumulating the most points in both tournaments.


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão
2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão (often referred to as the LFA Terceira Divisão) is Third-highest division of the Liga Futebol Amadora and third-highest overall in the Timorense football league system.


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Clubs that participated in the 2019 season
The following 11 clubs competed in the 2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, as Emmanuel FC and AS Marca were finally promoted to Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão.


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Clubs that participated in the 2019 season
Emmanuel FC (Díli), AC Mamura (Díli), AS Inur Transforma (Díli), Karau Fuik FC  (Viqueque), AD Maubisse (Maubisse), Laleia United FC (Manatuto), AS Marca FC (Díli), YMCA FC (Díli), AS Lero (Lautém), Kuda Ulun FC (Maliana) and ADR União (Díli).


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 1
[ Nov 5]Laleia United       0-3 Inur Transforma    [Nov 6]ADR União           1-1 Kuda Ulun            [Nov 7]Maubisse            0-4 Karau Fuik           [Nov 8]YMCA                 1-1 Marca                [Nov 11]Mamura              0-1 Emmanuel             AS Lero             bye


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 2
[ Nov 12]AS Lero             2-0 ADR União            [Nov 13]Inur Transforma     2-0 Karau Fuik           [Nov 14]Marca               2-1 Kuda Ulun            [Nov 15]Maubisse            1-5 Emmanuel             [Nov 19]Laleia United       0-4 Mamura               YMCA                bye


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 3
[ Nov 18]YMCA                3-0 ADR União            [Nov 20]Kuda Ulun           2-3 AS Lero              [Nov 21]Emmanuel            2-0 Inur Transforma      [Nov 22]Mamura              1-0 Maubisse             [Nov 25]Karau Fuik          2-0 Laleia United        Marca               bye


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 4
[ Nov 26]Marca               2-0 AS Lero              [Nov 27]Maubisse            0-2 Inur Transforma      [Nov 28]Kuda Ulun           0-2 YMCA                 [Dec 3]Emmanuel            3-2 Laleia United        [Dec 5]Karau Fuik          2-3 Mamura               ADR União           bye


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 5
[ Dec 4]ADR União           1-9 Marca                [Dec 7]Laleia United       0-3 Maubisse             [Dec 8]Inur Transforma     2-4 Mamura               [Dec 9]Karau Fuik          3-4 Emmanuel             AS Lero             n/p YMCA                 Kuda Ulun           bye


2019 Liga Futebol Amadora Terceira Divisão, Group Stage, Round 5
NB: AS Lero and YMCA protested against the result of the match on Dec 4 between


2019 Liga Melaka
The 2019 season is the 90th season of the Liga Melaka, which is a Malaysian football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from Malacca. It is a part of Malaysia M4 League. SAMB are the defending champions.


2019 Liga THB-KFA
The 2019 Liga THB-KFA  is the first season of the Liga THB-KFA, which is a Malaysian football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from Kedah.


2019 Liga THB-KFA, Teams
A total of 20 teams competed in the league. The Liga THB-KFA was played from July to September, in single round-robin format.


2019 Liga de Elite
The 2019 Liga de Elite was the 47th season of the Liga de Elite, the top Macanese league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1973. The season began on 23 January 2019 and ended on 14 July 2019.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne
The 2019 Ligue Haïtienne is the 56th season of the Ligue Haïtienne, the top-tier football league in Haiti. The league Championnat National Haïtien Professionnel is split into two tournaments — the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture — each with identical formats and each contested by the same 16 teams. The season began on 2 March 2019.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne
Due to unrest in the country, no further matches were played after 22 September. The season was formally abandoned on 18 December.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Teams
At the end of the 2018 season, the bottom three teams in the aggregate table; AS Sud-Est, Valencia, and Petit-Goâve; were relegated to the Haitian second-level leagues. Replacing them were three clubs from the Haitian second-level leagues; Violette AC, Triomphe and América.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Série d'Ouverture, Regular season
The regular season began on 2 March and ended on 19 May.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 23 and 24 May and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 May.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first leg match between Don Bosco and Tempête was begun on 23 May, but the game was abandoned at halftime due to rain. The game was replayed the next day.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 29 and 30 May and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 June.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Finals
The first leg was played on 6 June and the second leg was played on 9 June. Winner qualifies for 2020 Caribbean Club Championship.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Trophée des Champions
Played between champions of Série d'Ouverture and Série de Clôture.


2019 Ligue Haïtienne, Aggregate table
Due to the abandonment of the season, no clubs were relegated for next season.


2019 Ligue de Football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon
The 2019 Ligue de Football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon was the 34th season of top-division football in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Three clubs competed in the league: AS Saint Pierraise, A.S. Miquelonnaise and A.S. Ilienne Amateur. The three teams played each other eight times, composing of a 16-match season starting in May 2019 and ending in September 2019.


2019 Likud leadership election
A leadership election was held by the Likud party on 26 December 2019. Incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu defeated Gideon Sa'ar by a large majority.


2019 Likud leadership election, Background
After the April 2019 Israeli legislative election, Netanyahu was unable to form a coalition by the deadline of 29 May. Instead of letting Benny Gantz attempt to form a coalition of his own, the majority of the Knesset dissolved itself, and a snap election was held on 17 September 2019.


2019 Likud leadership election, Background
The second election was inconclusive, prompting warnings of a third election. The threat was deemed unacceptable by the opposition and the general public, and Netanyahu called on Gantz to form a national unity government, even offering to cede the top job some time in the future. Gantz rejected this offer, noting that Netanyahu's proposed unity government would include all of Netanyahu's right-wing allies, but none of Gantz's centre-left allies. Gantz also refused to sit with Likud as long as Netanyahu was its leader, due to the criminal cases against Netanyahu.


2019 Likud leadership election, Background
In October 2019, amid coalition talks, Netanyahu indicated that he was considering holding snap primaries for party leadership. Gideon Sa'ar said in a tweet, "I'm ready." After Netanyahu decided against holding a leadership election, Sa'ar said that he would run in the next election and would support Netanyahu until then.


2019 Likud leadership election, Background
On 21 November 2019, Netanyahu was officially indicted for breach of trust, accepting bribes, and fraud. As a result of the indictment, some in Likud began to support Sa'ar in his bid for the chairmanship of the party. On 24 November 2019, Sa'ar asked the Likud Central Committee to schedule a party leadership race within two weeks. On 25 December 2019, Netanyahu said that if he won, there would be no elections for the party list in March.


2019 Likud leadership election, Results
Sa’ar won 7 of the 116 polling places, with Netanyahu winning the rest. Nearly all of Sa’ar’s victories were in majority Druze towns and cities, indicating that Druze voters were still upset over Netanyahu’s support of the 2018 Nation State Bill.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season
The 2018 season was Lillestrøm's 43rd consecutive, and final, year in Eliteserien. Lillestrøm finished the season in 14th position, entering the Relegation play-offs where they were defeated on away goals by IK Start after the two-legged affair ended 5-5. In the Norwegian Cup, Lillestrøm reached the Third Round before defeat to Strømmen.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Lima Challenger
The 2019 Lima Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lima, Peru between October 21 and October 27, 2019.


2019 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Lima Challenger – Doubles
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2019 Lima Challenger – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Durán were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Lima Challenger – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar won the title after defeating Luis David Martínez and Felipe Meligeni Alves 6–2, 2–6, [10–3] in the final.


2019 Lima Challenger – Singles
Cristian Garín was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Lima Challenger – Singles
Thiago Monteiro won the title after defeating Federico Coria 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 in the final.


2019 Limerick City and County Council election
A Limerick City and County Council election was held in County Limerick and Limerick City in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote.


2019 Limerick City and County Council election
The 2018 boundary review committee recommended significant changes to the LEAs in the 2014 elections due to terms of references requiring a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA and changes in population revealed in the 2016 census. These changes were adopted by statutory instrument No. 624/2018.


2019 Limerick City and County Council election
The election was held alongside a plebiscite on whether or not Limerick City and County would establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council under the Local Government Act 2019. The plebiscite narrowly approved the proposition, by 52.4% to 47.6%. It was one of three areas to hold such a plebiscite, and the only one where the proposition passed.


2019 Limerick City and County Council election
The new council's 40 members included 16 new councillors, and one returning member who been defeated in 2014. 23 of the outgoing 33 councillors who stood for re-election were returned. The total of 8 women was unchanged from 2014, but 6 of those women were first-time councilors.


2019 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2019 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the sixth staging of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 2014.


2019 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 26 October 2019, Blackrock won the championship after a 1-18 to 0-16 defeat of Kildimo/Pallaskenry in a final replay at the Gaelic Grounds. It was their first ever championship title in this grade.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship is the 123rd edition of the Limerick GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Limerick, Ireland. 12 teams compete, with the winner representing Limerick in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship
Adare were the defending champions after they defeated Ballylanders in the 2018 final to claim their second S.F.C. crown, just one year after claiming their first. However the defence of their title and quest for "3-in-a-row" came undone at the Semi-Final stage when suffering defeat to Newcastle West.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship
This was Galbally's return to the top flight for the first time in four years after claiming the 2018 Limerick I.F.C. title. Galbally last won the I.F.C. in 2010 (their third title) and after spending four seasons in the senior ranks they were relegated in 2014 back to the I.F.C.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship
St. Senan's were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2020 after spending just two seasons in the top-flight of Limerick club football when losing their Relegation Final to Drom-Broadford.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship
On 27 October 2019, Newcastle West claimed their fourth S.F.C. title and first in four years when defeating Oola 1-11 to 0-8 in the final at the Gaelic Grounds. Thomas Quilligan became the fourth Newcastle West captain to lift the Fr. Casey Cup while Iain Corbett claimed the "Man-of-the-Match" award for his performance.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
There are two groups of six teams called Group A and B. The 1st placed teams in Group A and B will automatically qualify for the Semi-Finals. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams in Groups A and B will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The 6th placed teams in both groups will proceed to the Relegation Final to determine which three teams will suffer relegation.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship, Relegation Final
The 6th placed teams in Groups A and B compete in the Relegation Final, with the loser suffering relegation to the 2020 I.F.C.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship, Finals
The 1st placed teams in Groups A and B qualify for the Semi-Finals while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in Groups A and B qualify for the Quarter-Finals.


2019 Limerick Senior Football Championship, Munster Senior Club Football Championship
The county champions, Newcastle Wes, faced Nemo Rangers away in the first round of the Munster Senior Club Championship. They lost narrowly by 3 points, almost catching the Cork champions off guard.


2019 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2019 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The championship began on 12 April 2019 and ended on 6 October 2019.


2019 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 6 October 2019, Patrickswell won the championship after a 1-17 to 0-15 defeat of Na Piarsaigh in the final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds. This was their 20th championship title overall and their first title since 2016.


2019 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Murroe-Boher's Seán Tobin was the championship's top scorer with 2-53.


2019 Limpopo provincial election
The 2019 Limpopo provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 49 members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. It was held on the same day as the 2019 South African general election. The election was by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.


2019 Limpopo provincial election, Premier candidates
The African National Congress (ANC) did not announce a premier candidate prior to the election. Incumbent premier and ANC provincial chairperson Stanley Mathabatha headed the ANC's list. After the election, the ANC National Executive Committee announced Mathabatha as the party's premier candidate.


2019 Limpopo provincial election, Premier candidates
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate because the party seeks to abolish provincial governments. Jossey Buthane, the party's provincial chair, headed the EFF list.


2019 Limpopo provincial election, Premier candidates
The Democratic Alliance (DA) chose their provincial leader and current member of the legislature, Jacques Smalle, as its premier candidate.


2019 Limpopo provincial election, Premier candidates
Mogalakwena Local Municipality councillor Marcelle Maritz was the Freedom Front Plus's premier candidate.


2019 Lincoln, Nebraska mayoral election
The 2019 election for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska was held on May 7, 2019, being preceded by an April 9 general primary. It saw the election of Leirion Gaylor Baird.


2019 Lincoln, Nebraska mayoral election, Background
Incumbent Democratic mayor Chris Beutler was prevented from running by a term-limits amendment to the city charter that was approved by voters on November 6, 2018. In the summer of 2018, several prominent Republican politicians successfully led a petition drive for an amendment to the city charter that would limit the Lincoln mayor to serving three consecutive terms. The amendment would apply retroactively, thereby prohibiting Beutler from running for a fourth term in the 2019 municipal election.


2019 Line TV Awards
The 2nd LINE TV Awards was an awarding ceremony presented by LINE TV Thailand, giving recognition to the Thai online entertainment industry in the fields of music, television and drama for their achievements in the year 2018.


2019 Line TV Awards
The awards night was held at the Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, 12 February 2019.


2019 Lingshui China Masters
The 2019 Lingshui China Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Agile Stadium in China from 12 to 17 March 2019 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2019 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament
The 2019 Lingshui China Masters was the first Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Lingshui China Masters championships, which had been held since 2001. This tournament was organized by the Chinese Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Agile Stadium which located inside the Lingshui Culture and Sports Square in Lingshui, Hainan, China.


2019 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2019 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Linköping explosion
The 2019 Linköping explosion was a bombing of a residential area in Linköping, Sweden, on June 7, 2019. The police believe that the explosion was part of a rivalry between criminal gangs. Unlike most criminal incidents involving bombs or explosive material in Sweden, the attack damaged more than 150 homes and caused substantial damage to an entire apartment block. The New York Post stated that 25 people were injured, and Expressen reported that seven were taken to hospital. Investigators expressed surprise that nobody was killed in the explosion.


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season
In 2019, the  Lions participated in the 2019 Super Rugby competition, the 24th edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the  Bulls,  Jaguares,  Sharks and  Stormers.


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season
The Lions won eight and lost eight of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish fourth in the South African Conference, and in 8th place overall, failing to qualify for the finals.


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Personnel, Coaches and management
The Lions coaches and management staff for the 2019 Super Rugby season is yet to be announced.


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Personnel, Squad
The Lions squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season is yet to be announced.


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Standings
The final standings for the 2019 Super Rugby season are:


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Standings, Round-by-round
The table below shows the Lions' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Matches
The Lions played the following matches during the 2019 Super Rugby season:


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Player statistics
The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Lions in 2019 is as follows:


2019 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Player statistics
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2019 Lipa local elections
Lipa City held its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' sixth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.


2019 Lipa local elections
There are a total of 162,042 people who voted out of the 200,706 registered voters. Incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa won in the mayoralty race garnering 78,109 votes. Africa had 1,598 votes over his closest rival Bernadette Sabili, wife of incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili. Incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing won as Vice Mayor.


2019 Lipa local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
Incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili is now on his third and final term as Mayor of the City of Lipa. He assumed the mayorship in 2010, defeating then-incumbent and former 4th District Representative Oscar Gozos. This is despite Sabili's disqualification to run because of residency dispute. Sabili, a former Provincial Board Member used to be a registered voter Barangay Sico 1, San Juan, Batangas and transferred to Barangay Pinagtong-Ulan, Lipa City. However, the Supreme Court annulled and dismissed the Commission on Elections' ruling on Sabili's cancellation of his Certificate of Candidacy.


2019 Lipa local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
He is running for representative of the 6th District of Batangas, which comprises only the city itself, under the Nationalist People's Coalition. His wife, Bernadette Sabili is his party's nominee. This will be Sabili's third time that she will run in the elections. She first ran for Representative of the 4th District of Batangas, when Lipa is still part of that district, but was defeated by then-incumbent Mark Llandro Mendoza. She then ran again for representative of the newly-created 6th District, but was defeated again by former Mayor and then-incumbent Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. If elected, she will be the city's second female mayor next to Santos-Recto. Her running mate is former City Mayor Ruben Umali. Umali served as city mayor from 1986 to 1998. Sabili's platform is to continue the programs of her husband.


2019 Lipa local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
Her opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa who is running under the Nacionalista Party, the party of incumbent Representative and former City Mayor and Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. Africa served as city councilor from 1998 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2013 before being elected as Vice Mayor in 2013 and reelected in 2016. His running mate is incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing. Their platform is to resolve the problems that the city is enduring such as the worsening traffic in the city and garbage problems in the city. Another mayoralty candidate is lawyer Mario Panganiban with Ricardo Leyesa as his running mate. Incumbent councilor Merlo Silva is running as Vice Mayor.


2019 Lipa local elections, Background, Congressional election
Incumbent Representative Vilma Santos-Recto, is running for reelection. Recto became its first female City Mayor from 1998 until she was elected first female Governor of Batangas in 2007 and became the first representative of the newly-created 6th District of Batangas, that comprises only the city itself. Her main opponent is incumbent Mayor Meynard Sabili who is running under the Nationalist People's Coalition. This is Sabili's third congressional attempt.


2019 Lipa local elections, Background, Congressional election
He ran in 2001 and 2007 as Representative of the 4th District of Batangas (where Lipa is still part of it), but was defeated by his erstwhile predecessor Oscar Gozos and Mark Llandro Mendoza, respectively. However, NPC withdrew his nomination two hours before the deadline of filing of Certificates of Canidacies. However, in the certified list of candidates and in the official ballot, Sabili is still running under NPC.


2019 Lipa local elections, Congressional election, 6th District (Lipa City)
Incumbent Vilma Santos-Recto is running for reelection. Her main opponent is incumbent Lipa Mayor Meynardo Sabili.


2019 Lipa local elections, Provincial Board Elections, 6th District
Incumbent Lydio Lopez, Jr. is running for reelection. Incumbent Rowena Africa is term-limited.


2019 Lipa local elections, Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections, Mayor
Incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili is now on third and final term as Mayor of the City of Lipa and he is ineligible to run for another term. He assumed the mayorship in 2010, defeating then-incumbent and former 4th District Representative Oscar Gozos. This is despite Sabili's disqualification to run because of residency dispute. Sabili, a former Provincial Board Member used to be a registered voter Barangay Sico 1, San Juan, Batangas and transferred to Barangay Pinagtong-Ulan, Lipa City. However, the Supreme Court annulled and dismissed the Commission on Elections' ruling on Sabili's cancellation of his Certificate of Candidacy. He is now running for Representative of the 6th District of Batangas,  which only comprises the City of Lipa.


2019 Lipa local elections, Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections, Mayor
His wife, Bernadette Sabili is running in his place as Mayor. Her opponents is incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa and Mario Panganiban.


2019 Lipa local elections, Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections, Vice Mayor
Incumbent Vice Mayor Eric Africa is running for Mayor. His party nominated incumbent councilor Mark Aries Luancing. His main opponents are Ricardo Leyesa, incumbent councilor Merlo Silva and former Mayor Ruben Umali.


2019 Lipa local elections, City Council
Eight incumbent councilors are running for reelections, upon which both Team Bangon Lipa and Team Sabili-Umali had four reelectionists for each team. Team Bangon Lipa had incumbent councilors Leonilo Catipon, Oscar Gozos II, Camille Angeline Lopez and Avior Rocafort. Both Lopez and Rocafort are former allies of Mayor Meynard Sabili. While Team Sabili-Umali had incumbent councilors Emmanuel De Castro, Nonato Monfero, Joel Pua and Ralph Peter Umali. Incumbents Mark Aries Luancing, Gwendolyn Wong, Merlo Silva, and Aries Emmanuel Mendoza are retiring. Both Luancing and Silva are challengers for City Vice Mayor, Wong is retiring from politics and Mendoza is running for provincial board member.


2019 Lipa local elections, City Council, Councilors
As per results of the elections, 8 out of 12 seats were occupied by Team Bangon Lipa. 6 of them are reelectionists (4 from Team Bangon Lipa and 2 from Team Sabili-Umali) while other 6 are newly-elected councilors (4 from Team Bangon Lipa and 2 from Team Sabili-Umali).


2019 Lisboa Belém Open
The 2019 Lisboa Belém Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal between 13 and 19 May 2019.


2019 Lisboa Belém Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Lisboa Belém Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Lisboa Belém Open – Doubles
Marcelo Arévalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Lisboa Belém Open – Doubles
Philipp Oswald and Filip Polášek won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Durán 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Lisboa Belém Open – Singles
Tommy Robredo was the defending champion but retired in the first round against Maxime Janvier.


2019 Lisboa Belém Open – Singles
Roberto Carballés Baena won the title after defeating Facundo Bagnis 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 in the final.


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Castlereagh East
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from TUV


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Castlereagh South
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain one seat each from DUP and SDLP


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Downshire East
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat from DUP


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Downshire West
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: No change


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Killultagh
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain one seat each from DUP and SDLP


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Lisburn North
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NI212019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP2014-2019 Change: UUP and SDLP gain one seat each from DUP and NI21


2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election, Results by electoral area, Lisburn South
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat each from DUP


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup
2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, SHARP LFF Cup was the 31st independent Lithuania and the 74th overall national football cup tournament.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup
The tournament started on 26 April 2019, and the final took place on 29 September 2019.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup
The competition format is a single-elimination tournament, all ties are contested in a single match.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup
The cup winners qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. The defending champions were FK Žalgiris.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Participants
Participation in the competition is mandatory for all clubs of the top three tiers (A Lyga, LFF I Lyga, LFF II Lyga). Teams of lower divisions are eligible to apply for participation if they meet licensing criteria. The reserve teams are not allowed to participate in the cup competition.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Participants
The application submission deadline was the 5 April 2019. The deadline was extended to 15 April due to increased interest in the competition from the lower divisions, which are getting refereeing costs paid by the LFF this year.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Participants
A total of 62 teams enrolled to the competition, the match draw took place on 18 April 2019. During the draw the organizers realized that technical errors were made, and subsequently the draw results were annulled. Repeat draw was held the next day. The organizers were also criticized for inappropriate representational format.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Major events
The draw attracted media attention first by unusual draw method, featuring skimpy dressed girl in a wind tunnel, catching paper strips with team names, and later by realizing that technical errors were made in team names and number of teams in the draw. The draw was abandoned and held again the next day, in a traditional ball-in-a-bowl manner.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Major events
As FC Stumbras club collapsed in June, the win in the 1/8 final tie was awarded to FK Žalgiris.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Major events
Both the police and the Lithuanian Football Federation have opened the investigations on match fixing in the semi-final match between FK Banga Gargždai and FK Palanga. Suspicious betting activity was reported by the local and the international betting companies.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches and Results, Preliminary Round II
130 goals were scored in the 29 matches of the preliminary stage of the competition, averaging at 4.48 goals per match. An average of 72 spectators attended the matches.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches and Results, 1/16 final
The 8 teams of the A Lyga have joined the 24 winning teams of Round II. The draw took place on 8 May 2019.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches and Results, 1/16 final
54 goals were scored in the 16 matches of this stage of the competition, averaging at 3.38 goals per match. An average of 120 spectators attended the matches.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches and Results, 1/8 final
The 1/8 final draw took place on 30 May 10:00 EET, with live coverage through LFF YouTube and Facebook channels.


2019 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches and Results, Final
For the third time in its history FK Sūduva Marijampolė has claimed the cup title.


2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019, alongside the first round of the presidential elections. Two proposals were put to voters – one to reduce the number of MPs in the Seimas from 141 to 121 and one to allow Lithuanians to hold dual citizenship with a list of countries meeting "European or transatlantic integration criteria," which would be determined by law. In order for the first constitutional amendment to be passed, voter turnout was required to be above 50%, and at least 33.3% of registered voters would have to vote in favour of the proposal. For the second amendment, at least 50% of registered voters would have to vote in favour of the proposal.


2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
Despite 76% of those who voted voting in favour (equalling 35.3% of registered voters), the proposal to reduce the number of MPs failed as voter turnout (at 47%) was below the 50% threshold. The proposal on dual citizenship had a turnout of over 50% and was approved by 73% of those voting, but this amounted to only 38% of eligible voters.


2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum, Background
The proposal to allow dual citizenship was approved by a vote in the Seimas in October, and would involve amending article 12 of the constitution. In a draft constitutional law that sat alongside the proposal, this would be limited to member countries of the European Union, European Economic Area, NATO and the OECD and explicitly prohibit dual citizenship with countries involved in organisations based around the former Soviet Union, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, Collective Security Treaty Organization and Eurasian Economic Union.


2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum, Background
The proposal to reduce the number of MPs was suggested by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. Although it was initially rejected by the Seimas, it was approved in another vote on 14 February by a vote of 58–42.


2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum, Background
An amendment to the Law on Referendums approved by the Seimas in December 2018 allowed polling places to be set up in foreign countries.


2019 Lithuanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019, with a second round held on 26 May 2019. Due to a constitutional limit of two terms in office, incumbent president Dalia Grybauskaitė was unable to run, having won the 2009 and 2014 elections.


2019 Lithuanian presidential election
As no candidate obtained 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held between the top two candidates, Ingrida Šimonytė and Gitanas Nausėda. Nausėda was elected with 67% of the vote and was inaugurated as President of Lithuania on 12 July.


2019 Lithuanian presidential election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system. To win in the first round, a candidate required an absolute majority of the vote and either voter turnout to be above 50% or for their vote share to be equivalent to at least one-third of the number of registered voters. If no candidate wins in the first round, a second round is required, featuring the top two candidates.


2019 Lithuanian presidential election, Results
The first round was narrowly won by former Finance Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, with  economist Gitanas Nausėda finishing second. As neither candidate passed the threshold of 50% of votes cast, a run-off was be held between Šimonytė and Nausėda on 26 May. Nausėda won the second round with over 66% of the vote.


2019 Lithuanian presidential election, Results
After finishing a distant third, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced his intention to resign on election night, with his resignation coming into effect on 12 July. Later, it was revealed that Skvernelis will continue his tenure as the Prime Minister until the next election of the Parliament.


2019 Little League World Series
The 2019 Little League World Series was held from August 15 to August 25 at the Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight teams from around the world competed in the 73rd edition of the Little League World Series. Eastbank Little League of River Ridge, Louisiana defeated Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao in the championship by a 8–0 score.


2019 Little League World Series
It was the first championship for a team from Louisiana, and in doing so, they became the first team to win the championship after losing its first game since the tournament expanded to 16 teams in 2001. Also, with Honolulu Little League of Honolulu, Hawaii winning the title in 2018, U.S. teams have now won back-to-back titles for the first time since 2009, when Park View Little League from Chula Vista, California, ended the streak of five straight championships for the United States.


2019 Little League World Series, Tournament changes
Among the changes made by the Little League International Board of Directors to the rules, regulations, and policies of Little League was introduction of a rule concerning tied games. Should a game complete seven innings with the score still tied, the offensive team in each subsequent half-inning will start with a runner placed on second base. The runner is the player in the team's batting order who is scheduled to bat last in the half-inning.


2019 Little League World Series, Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held from June to August 2019.


2019 Little League World Series, Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 13, 2019.


2019 Little League World Series, Results, Consolation games
Teams that lose their first two games get to play a consolation game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.


2019 Little League World Series, Results, Third place game
This consolation game is played between the runner-up of the United States championship and the runner-up of the International championship.


2019 Little League World Series, Champions path
The Eastbank LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record in nine games. In total, their record was 15–1.


2019 Little League World Series, MLB Little League Classic
On August 19, 2018, it was announced that the third MLB Little League Classic would be played on August 18, 2019, at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, featuring the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates made their second appearance in the annual game, having won the inaugural Classic in 2017. The game was won by the Cubs, 7–1.


2019 Little League World Series qualification
Qualification for the 2019 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2019.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States
All eight regional tournaments will follow a modified double elimination format. The regional finals will be a single game.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Great Lakes
The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 4–10.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Mid-Atlantic
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 4–10.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 3–10. For the first time, North Dakota and South Dakota are sending separate teams to the tournament; in previous years one team represented both states.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, New England
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 4–10.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Northwest
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 4–10.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southeast
The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 2–7.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, United States, West
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 4–10.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
The tournament took place in Hwaseong, South Korea from June 22–28. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Australia
The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales from June 6–10. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Canada
The tournament took place in Ancaster, Ontario from August 1–10. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Caribbean
The tournament took place in Willemstad, Curacao from July 13–20. The top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Europe and Africa
The Europe-Africa qualifier tournament took place from July 12–16. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 19–26. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Japan
This single elimination tournament took place in Ueda, Nagano from July 19–22.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Latin America
The tournament took place in Aguadulce, Panama from July 6–13. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.


2019 Little League World Series qualification, International, Mexico
The tournament took place in Sabinas from July 6–12. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals.


2019 Little League World Series results
The results of the 2019 Little League World Series were determined between August 15 and August 25, 2019 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into two groups, one with eight teams from the United States and another with eight international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.


2019 Little Rock Challenger
The 2019 Little Rock Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States from 3 to 9 June 2019.


2019 Little Rock Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Little Rock Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2019 Little Rock Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Little Rock Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Little Rock Challenger – Doubles
Matías Franco Descotte and Orlando Luz won the title after defeating Treat Huey and Max Schnur 7–5, 1–6, [12–10] in the final.


2019 Little Rock Challenger – Singles
Dudi Sela won the title after Lee Duck-hee retired trailing 1–6, 3–4 in the final.


2019 Liuzhou Open
The 2019 Liuzhou Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament for men and fourth edition for women. It was the part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour and 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Liuzhou, China between 21 October and 3 November 2019.


2019 Liuzhou Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Liuzhou Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Liuzhou Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Liuzhou Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received special exempts into the singles main draw:


2019 Liuzhou Open – Men's Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Men's Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin won the title after defeating Nam Ji-sung and Song Min-kyu 3–6, 6–4, [10–6] in the final.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Men's Singles
Radu Albot was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Men's Singles
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina won the title after defeating Denis Istomin 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Women's Doubles
Eudice Chong and Ye Qiuyu were the defending champions, but Ye chose not to participate. Chong partnered Zheng Wushuang, but lost in the first round to Feng Shuo and Guo Hanyu.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Women's Doubles
Jiang Xinyu and Tang Qianhui won the title, defeating Ankita Raina and Rosalie van der Hoek in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Women's Singles
Wang Yafan was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Liuzhou Open – Women's Singles
Zhu Lin won the title, defeating Arina Rodionova in the final, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1.


2019 Liverpool City Council election
The 2019 Liverpool City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.


2019 Liverpool City Council election
Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, one third of the council were up for election, with comparisons to previous results made with the corresponding vote at the 2015 Liverpool City Council election.


2019 Liverpool City Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2019 Liverpool City Council election, Results, Norris Green
Prospective Labour candidate Liam Moore stepped down over allegations of anti-Semitism and homophobia.


2019 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Old Swan 19 September 2019
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Peter Brennan (Labour, last elected 2 May 2019)


2019 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Princes Park 17 October 2019
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Tim Moore (Labour, last elected 5 May 2016)


2019 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Clubmoor 12 December 2019
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. James Noakes (Labour, last elected 5 May 2016)


2019 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Picton 12 December 2019
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Paul Kenyon (Labour, last elected 3 May 2018) following allegations of anti-semitism in the Labour Party.


2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 April 2019 in Belgium. It was the 105th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 20th event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Jakob Fuglsang.


2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.


2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)
The third edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège for Women, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 28 April 2019. It was the ninth event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Liège, including five categorised climbs, covering a total distance of 138.5 km. It was won by Annemiek van Vleuten.


2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Route
The route is changed from previous editions with the finish now in Liège, rather than Ans. At 138.5 km, the race is approximately half the distance of the men's event. It starts in Bastogne, from where it heads north to finish in Liège on the same location as the men's race. The route features five categorised climbs: the Côte de Wanne, Côte de Brume, Côte de la Vecquée, Côte de La Redoute, and Côte de la Roche aux faucons.


2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Teams
Twenty four teams, each with a maximum of six riders, will start the race:


2019 Lombok earthquake
On 17 March 2019, an earthquake measuring Mw  5.6 struck the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The earthquake triggered a landslide, killing three and injuring more than a hundred.


2019 Lombok earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake has its epicenter in East Lombok Regency, with a reported magnitude and depth of Mw  5.6 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), while the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported a magnitude of Mw  5.4 and a depth of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi). BMKG attributed the earthquake to a local fault in the vicinity of Mount Rinjani. Aftershocks exceeding Mw  5.0 were recorded.


2019 Lombok earthquake, Casualties
The earthquake caused a landslide which struck a group of Malaysian tourists visiting a waterfall in East Lombok, killing two of them. Additionally, a 14-year old boy from the local area was also killed by the landslide. The Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) recorded 182 injuries - residents of East and North Lombok regencies, in addition to 26 Malaysian tourists.


2019 Lombok earthquake, Damage
According to Indonesian Social Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, over 4,000 houses in East Lombok Regency alone was damaged. On the other hand, BNPB reported a smaller number of 525 damaged houses (with 2,108 affected residents).


2019 London 9s
The 2019 London 9s will be the second staging of the London 9s tournament and will take place at East London RFC on the 25 August 2019.


2019 London Bridge stabbing
On 29 November 2019, five people were stabbed, two fatally, in Central London. The attacker, Briton Usman Khan, had been released from prison in 2018 on licence after serving a sentence for terrorist offences.


2019 London Bridge stabbing
Khan was attending an offender rehabilitation conference in Fishmongers' Hall when he threatened to detonate what turned out to be a fake suicide vest and started attacking people with two knives taped to his wrists, killing two of the conference participants by stabbing them in the chest. Several people fought back, some attacking Khan with a fire extinguisher, a pike and a narwhal tusk as he fled the building and emerged on to London Bridge, where he was partially disarmed by a plain-clothes police officer. He was restrained by members of the public until additional police officers arrived, pulled away those restraining him, and shot him


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Background
A conference on offender rehabilitation was held on 29 November 2019 in Fishmongers' Hall, at the northern end of London Bridge, in the City of London, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Learning Together, a programme run by the Cambridge Institute of Criminology to help offenders reintegrate into society following their release from prison.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Background
Learning Together was set up in 2014 by University of Cambridge academics Ruth Armstrong and Amy Ludlow from the Faculty of Law and Institute of Criminology to "bring together people in criminal justice and higher education institutions to study alongside each other in inclusive and transformative learning communities" to enable students and prisoners to work together.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Background
Former prisoner Usman Khan had been invited to the conference as a previous participant in the programme, and although banned from entering London under the terms of his release,  he was granted a one-day exemption to attend.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Attack
At 13:58 on 29 November, the police were called to Fishmongers' Hall after Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest, threatened to blow up the hall. Holding two kitchen knives taped to his wrists, he began stabbing people inside the building. Several fought back, including a South African-born Londoner, Darryn Frost, who grabbed a 1.5-metre-long (4.9 ft) narwhal tusk from the wall to use as a weapon, former prisoner John Crilly, and Steven Gallant, a convicted murderer attending the conference on day release from prison, after participating in the Learning Together programme. Khan fled and began stabbing pedestrians outside on the north side of the bridge.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Attack
Several people were injured before members of the public, including a tour guide and a plain-clothes British Transport Police officer, later seen walking away with a knife, restrained and disarmed Khan on the bridge. One of the people who stepped in to fight the attacker drove him back by spraying a fire extinguisher.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Attack
Armed officers of the City of London Police arrived at 14:03 and surrounded the attacker, who at the time was being restrained by a Ministry of Justice communications worker attending the rehabilitation meeting. The officers pulled this person away to provide a clear shot, before one fired twice. Around 10 minutes after this, Khan started to get up, he was then shot 9 further times by 6 firearms officers. Khan had not been secured after the initial shooting due to the suicide vest. Khan died at the scene.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Attack
A Transport for London bus which had stopped adjacent to the site of the shooting was found to have damage to both its front and rear windows, possibly caused, according to the Metropolitan Police, by a ricocheting bullet.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Victims
Three of the victims were associated with Cambridge University's Learning Together prison-rehabilitation programme; two died and one was injured. The two who died from their stab wounds were Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones. Merritt was a 25-year-old law and criminology graduate who had studied at the University of Manchester and Cambridge University. He worked as a University of Cambridge administration officer and was from Cottenham. Jones, 23 years old, was a former Anglia Ruskin University and University of Cambridge student from Stratford-upon-Avon. Merritt was a course coordinator for Learning Together. Funeral services for Merritt and Jones were conducted on 20 December 2019.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Victims
Two other women were seriously injured, while a chef who was working at the event was stabbed but had less serious injuries.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Perpetrator
The attacker was identified as Usman Khan, a 28-year-old British national from Stoke-on-Trent, of Pakistani descent. Khan appears to have left school with no qualifications after spending part of his late teens in Pakistan. He was known to police and had links to Islamist extremist groups. In December 2018 he had been automatically released from prison on licence, where he was serving a 16-year sentence for terrorism offences, and was wearing an electronic tag.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Perpetrator
Khan had been part of a plot, inspired by Al-Qaeda, to establish a terrorist camp on his family's land in Kashmir and bomb the London Stock Exchange. The plot was disrupted by MI5 and the police, as part of MI5's Operation Guava (police Operation Norbury), and Khan was given an indeterminate sentence. Of the nine men involved, Khan was the youngest at 19 and according to Mr Justice Wilkie, Khan and two others were “more serious jihadis” than the others. In 2013, his sentence was revised after an appeal, and he was ordered to serve at least 8 years of his new 16-year sentence, with a 5-year extended licence allowing recall to prison.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Perpetrator
According to the anti-extremism group Hope not Hate, Khan was a supporter of Al-Muhajiroun, an extremist group with which scores of terrorists were involved. He was a student and a personal friend of Anjem Choudary, an Islamist and terrorism supporter. Khan had previously participated in the Learning Together programme.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Perpetrator
Post-mortem examination showed evidence of "occasional use of cocaine" by Khan.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
The news of the attack was broken live as it happened on the BBC News Channel by one of its reporters, John McManus, who witnessed members of the public fighting Khan as he crossed the bridge, and heard two shots being fired by police officers. McManus said that he was certain that more than two shots were fired during the incident. The police, ambulance, and fire services attended the scene and a major incident was declared. A large police cordon was set up in the area and residents were told to stay away. Police closed both Monument Underground station and London Bridge station after the attack. The police reported that there had been no prior intelligence of the attack.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, returned to Downing Street following the incident, after campaigning in his constituency for the forthcoming general election. Johnson commended the "immense bravery" of the emergency services and members of the public, and claimed that anyone involved in the attack would be "hunted down". The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, thanked the emergency services and members of the public who helped to restrain the attacker, saying they had shown "breathtaking heroism". The Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats temporarily suspended campaigning in London for the general election. A parliamentary election hustings event scheduled to be held at Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge on 30 November was cancelled and replaced by a memorial vigil for the victims of the attack.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick made a statement following the attack describing events. She said there would be an increased police presence on the streets and that cordons in the London Bridge area would remain in place. An appeal was made for the public to submit any film or picture evidence or information that could assist the investigation.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
In Pakistan, publication of Khan's Pakistani origins by the leading newspaper Dawn were deemed unpatriotic and defamatory, and led to demonstrations demanding that the publisher and the editor be hanged.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. Its news agency, Amaq, claimed Usman Khan was one of its fighters. A janaza prayer for Khan was held at a mosque in Birmingham, and he was buried in his family's ancestral village in Pakistan, following objections to his burial in the UK by local Muslims in his native Stoke.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath
In 2021, following an inquest, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Jonathan Hall QC called for those involved in the planning or preparation of terrorist attacks to be given automatic life sentences. Hall stated it was "hard to underestimate how serious Usman Khan’s original offence was."


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath, Investigations
London Bridge was closed until the early hours of the following Monday for forensic investigation of the scene. Two properties, in Stafford, where Khan lived, and in Stoke-on-Trent, were searched by police.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath, Investigations
An inquest into the deaths of Merritt and Jones was opened on 4 December, at the Central Criminal Court in London, and was subsequently adjourned. A pre-inquest review hearing took place at the Old Bailey on 16 October 2020, before the Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Mark Lucraft QC. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is holding an investigation into the shooting. In a separate investigation Staffordshire Police are also under IOPC scrutiny.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath, Investigations
The inquest reopened on 12 April 2021, presided over by Lucraft. On May 28, 2021 the jury concluded the victims had been unlawfully killed and that insufficient monitoring of Khan, unreasonable belief in his rehabilitation, a lack of information sharing between agencies, and inadequate security planning at the event were all contributing factors in their deaths.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath, Investigations
Khan's inquest, also overseen by Lucraft in June 2021 found that he was lawfully killed by the police.


2019 London Bridge stabbing, Aftermath, Royal prerogative of mercy for Steven Gallant
Gallant was granted the Royal prerogative of mercy by the Lord Chancellor on behalf of the Queen in October 2020, in order to bring his parole hearing forward by ten months to June 2021. The Ministry of Justice said this was "in recognition of his exceptionally brave actions at Fishmongers’ Hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own". Though the parole board still has to decide on whether to release him, it was reported that it would be unlikely for his case to be denied after the Queen's intervention. The families of both Merritt and of Gallant's 2005 murder victim approved of the action due to his heroic deeds and efforts to turn his life around since the murder.


2019 London Broncos season
The 2019 London Broncos season was the 40th in the club's history and their first season back in the Super League. Competing in Super League XXIV, the club was coached by Danny Ward, finishing in 12th place and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2019 Challenge Cup. They were relegated on points difference on the final day of the season.


2019 London Broncos season
It was their fourth at the Trailfinders Sports Ground, competing in the Super League for the first time since 2014. Danny Ward was assisted by former England and Great Britain international, Jamie Langley for the second consecutive season, and picked Jay Pitts as captain for a second campaign.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, January
The 2019 Betfred Super League fixtures, released in November 2018, scheduled the London Broncos to play host to Wakefield Trinity on the opening weekend of the new season on 3 February. London Broncos were to mark their return to the Dacia Magic Weekend on May 26 with a fixture against Leeds Rhinos.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, January
Morgan Smith joined the London Broncos on a one-year deal from fellow Super League club, Warrington Wolves.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, January
On the field London Broncos ran in eleven tries on the third Sunday of the month in their opening pre-season friendly away at Betfred League 1 club, Doncaster R.L.F.C., winning the contest (64-6). A week later Danny Ward's side completed their preparations ahead of a return to the Betfred Super League with a hard-fought (20-0) success at Betfred Championship club, Leigh Centurions, tries from James Cunningham, Sadiq Adebiyi, Luke Yates and Rhys Williams augmenting a solid defensive display from the southerners.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, February
The month began with London Broncos making their eagerly awaited return to the Betfred Super League and a home fixture against Wakefield Trinity. An inauspicious start saw the hosts trail 18-6 after the game's first quarter, Matty Fleming's close range riposte the only score to counter a quick fire three try salvo from the visitors but four point doubles from Rhys Williams and the irrepressible Eddie Battye were added too by tries for Kieran Dixon, Matty Fozard on his London Broncos Super League debut and Elliot Kear as the southern based outfit earnt a memorable (42-24) come from behind victory.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, February
The Broncos travelled north a week later to play Salford Red Devils in their first away fixture, and despite a gutsy defensive effort the Londoners return south on the wrong end of a (0-24) score line.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, February
Another battling display, on the road at Hull Kingston Rovers the following Sunday is not enough to prevent Danny Ward's men falling to a second defeat of the season (12-22). A converted Matty Gee try in quick response to an early opener for the hosts had the Londoners narrowly ahead at half time, but a hat-trick of four-pointers early in the second stanza from the home side are enough to secure the spoils for Tim Sheens' Robins, despite a late try from Broncos captain, Jay Pitts and goal from Kieran Dixon, the latter's 100th for the club.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, February
After successive Sunday road trips the London Broncos returned to Ealing six days later, and a match against much fancied Castleford Tigers in front of the Sky Sports TV cameras. A never-say-die performance from the Broncos on an unseasonably warm late winter Saturday evening ultimately proved fruitless as the West Yorkshiremen reaffirmed their credentials as genuine contenders for the end of season Super League Grand Final, running in seven tries during a scintillating exhibition of fast open rugby to condemn the Londoners to defeat (6-40), the hosts only score coming from leading try-scorer, Rhys Williams early on in the contest.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
The first Sunday of the month saw the visit of current Super League Champions, Wigan Warriors to the Trailfinders Sports Ground.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
On an unforgettable afternoon the London Broncos managed to set a new ground attendance record, as 2,586 witnessed an enthralling contest with the Londoners battling back from an early two try deficit to narrowly defeat the 22-time champions (18-16). Four point scores by Eddie Battye and Matty Gee are added too by two conversions from Kieran Dixon to have the home side narrowly in front at the break (12-10), and the latter soon increased the advantage early in the second half with a trademark length of the field effort. The lead stretched to eight as Kieran Dixon then added a penalty, and despite a converted try by former Bronco star, Tony Clubb for the visitors, Danny Ward's men held firm for a famous victory to move them up to ninth position in the Super League table.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
Preparations for the next fixture, away at St. Helens had been severely disrupted by injuries to key players. Captain, Jay Pitts and on loan St. Helens centre, Ryan Morgan had left the field during the Wigan Warriors victory, and when the squad was announced in midweek, Kieran Dixon, James Cunningham and Nathan Mason were further notable absentees.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
On  a wet and blustery Friday evening in England's northwest the London Broncos battled gamely, and a now trademark defensive display from Danny Ward's men kept the southerners in the contest for long periods, although ultimately could not prevent a (0-26) loss as St. Helens returned to the summit of the early season league ladder.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
The following week saw the London Broncos earn a stunning come from behind triumph at Leeds Rhinos, and a second (18-16) Super League victory inside a fortnight. The Broncos, buoyed by a return to the starting line-up of skipper, Jay Pitts, James Cunningham and Kieran Dixon led 8-0 at half time, thanks to a try from the captain and four points from the trusty boot of the last-mentioned.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
The lead was not to last though, and 16 unanswered points for the hosts saw the visitors trailing as the match entered its final six minutes before a dramatic late rally garnered tries for Matty Fozard and Will Lovell, the latter converted by Kieran Dixon, which managed to turn defeat into victory and silence the majority of the 11,000 plus crowd inside the Headingley Stadium.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
London Broncos went in search of a fourth league victory of the campaign in their next Super League contest, at home to Hull F.C. On a beautiful early spring Sunday afternoon, and before another respectable crowd of 2,357 the hosts began brightly and finished strongly. Elliot Kear and Éloi Pélissier tries had Danny Ward's troops ahead at the break (14-10), while late four pointers from Jordan Abdull and leading try scorer, Rhys Williams left the visitors hanging on in a frantic finale. However, a slow start to the second stanza extended into a near half hour unproductive spell for the home side with the Black & Whites registering 18 unanswered points, a period that ultimately proved decisive in the final reckoning as the Londoners slipped to a narrow (24-28) reversal.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
Well-founded optimism generated from the brave loss to Hull F.C. preceded the next Super League fixture a week later, another home clash, against lowly but improving Huddersfield Giants. The upbeat mood was soon to be displaced after kick-off by the rampant visitors however, who left the Broncos spending the majority of the first half going backwards much as the clocks had done earlier in the day to signal British Summer Time, as the Yorkshiremen registered five tries.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
The hosts only response had been a wonderful 50 metre solo effort from full back, Alex Walker and a try from erstwhile captain, Jay Pitts, the skipper's four pointer just prior to the interval restoring hope amongst the home faithful.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, March
This was further reinforced by another long range Rhys Williams score early in the second half, the leading marksmen's fifth try of the campaign, but the away side were soon to extinguish any realistic aspirations of an unlikely comeback and the remainder of the contest saw the teams trade four tries, a Kieran Dixon brace in a season-best-to-date fourteen point personal haul unable to prevent a (26-38) defeat.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
On the first evening of the month London Broncos were drawn away to play Betfred Championship club, Halifax R.L.F.C. in Round 5 of the Coral Challenge Cup, with the tie to be played on Thursday 11 April.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
London Broncos returned to Super League action on the month's first Friday, with a fixture away at high-flying Warrington Wolves.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
The much changed Londoners, with local products, James Meadows and Matt Davies making their top-flight debuts began brightly, but crucially failed to turn possession into points during a competitive opening forty minutes, and despite managing to cross the whitewash twice in the second half courtesy of Nathan Mason and Matty Gee, Danny Ward's outfit ultimately fell to a brave (12-48) loss in front of a healthy crowd of 11,718, to leave the Broncos in eleventh position and the Wolves top of the twelve team Super League table.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
The London Broncos travelled north again six days later to play Betfred Championship club, Halifax R.L.F.C. in Round 5 of the Coral Challenge Cup. Head coach, Danny Ward decided to rest a number of first team regulars, including Alex Walker, Rhys Williams, Kieran Dixon, Luke Yates and Matty Fozard ahead of the impending busy Easter holiday schedule, and although the Londoners remained competitive throughout, including a try double from 20-year-old winger, Jacob Ogden, his first four-pointers for the club, Wembley aspirations were curtailed for another season as the team returned south on the wrong end of a (16-24) score line.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
Catalans Dragons rolled into London town on Maundy Thursday, and the London Broncos were to suffer a fourth Super League defeat in succession. The hosts had begun brightly on a lovely spring evening before a combination of individual errors and a sickening injury to Jordan Abdull severely disrupted their rhythm, and helped contribute to a second half to forget as the Broncos fell to a disappointing (6-39) loss, the only consolation being a Mark Ioane try.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
The search for an elusive fourth Super League league victory of the campaign continued on Easter Monday with a trip to Huddersfield Giants. The Broncos played their full part in an exciting contest right up until the final hooter, and with the score poised at (19-24) following tries from skipper, Jay Pitts, Rhys Williams, Ryan Morgan and a Morgan Smith field goal, Alex Walker was denied a late potentially match winning under the sticks try by an ever vigilant in-goal touch judge.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
London Broncos poor spell extended to the last Saturday of the month with another home defeat, this time at the hands of away day specialists, Salford Red Devils. The visitors, fresh from a stunning Good Friday victory at Grand Final aspirants, Warrington Wolves on their last road trip repeated the trick at the Ealing Trailfinders Sports Ground, as they ran in four unanswered tries in a one-sided first half.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, April
The Broncos hinted at a comeback in the second forty, scoring first and last, through leading try-scorer Rhys Williams and Matty Fleming, but the damage had long been irreparable as the Broncos were downed (10-30) to remain bottom of the Super League table ahead a trip to champions, Wigan Warriors in front of the Sky Sports cameras on the first Thursday in May.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, May
With the season edging towards its mid-point London Broncos travelled to Wigan Warriors, and in front of a national TV audience acquitted themselves admirably. Man of the match Australian import, Luke Yates spearheaded a heroic defensive performance as he completed an impressive 62 tackles, although ultimately a first half try from Jay Pitts, the skipper's fifth of the campaign, and a goal and penalty from the reliable boot of Kieran Dixon were to prove insufficient as the Londoners succumbed to a narrow (8-18) defeat.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, May
Following a mid-season interlude to afford an enthralling weekend of sixth round Challenge Cup action, London Broncos resumed Super League hostilities on the month's middle weekend, playing host to Wakefield Trinity for a second time in 2019.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, May
Buoyed by victory over the West Yorkshiremen on the season's opening day, and looking for a first win in nine, London Broncos impressed during a dominant first half display, notching five tries. Four of these came from the increasingly influential Jordan Abdull, whilst the other was scored by Rhys Williams, the 100th of the Welshmen's prolific career with the Broncos.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, May
The Londoners began the second half in similar vein, and another Rhys Williams four pointer was added to by a Kieran Dixon brace, the second a trademark length of the field effort, scores which were ultimately sufficient to withstand a late four try in five minutes Wakefield Trinity riposte as London Broncos registered two crucial points with a (42-34) victory.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, May
London Broncos headed to Anfield for the Magic Weekend in fine fettle, level on points with fellow strugglers Hull Kingston Rovers and Leeds Rhinos and an intriguing match-up with the latter, who had recently dispensed with the services of coach, David Furner. In the event a slow start to each half was to prove extremely costly for the Londoners as they fell to a narrow (22-24) reversal despite a brace from the in-form Jordan Abdull and further tries from Ryan Morgan and the much sought after Alex Walker.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
Following another enforced weekend break to accommodate the Challenge Cup quarter-finals, London Broncos returned to Super League action to entertain long time leaders St. Helens on the month's second Sunday, and a new Trailfinders Sports Ground RL record attendance of 2,801 witnessed history as the Londoners recorded their first-ever golden point extra-time victory.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
The portents for the hosts were not good early on as the visitors raced into a (12-0) lead, although converted home scores from on loan St. Helens centre, Ryan Morgan and a fine individual effort by James Cunningham had managed to restore equality by the interval.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
The away side were to edge ahead again early in the second half with an unconverted try, but a second Ryan Morgan effort and a sixth four-pointer of the season from Jay Pitts, a goal scored by Kieran Dixon looked to have secured an unlikely home victory, only for St. Helens to hit back in the last minute to level the scores at (22-22) apiece through a Regan Grace try and a Danny Richardson conversion off the left-hand touchline.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
London Broncos were not to be denied however, and two minutes into extra-time a St. Helens error coming away from their own goal line afforded the Southerners excellent field position, and when the ball was funnelled back to Morgan Smith he managed to shovel the ball between the sticks for a memorable drop goal, to kick-start scenes of joyous celebrations for all connected with the London club on another unforgettable afternoon in West London.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
With confidence high and passports at the ready London Broncos travelled next to face third placed Catalans Dragons the following Saturday evening, looking to register back to back Super League victories for the first time in 2019.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
Hull Kingston Rovers surprise home win over second-placed  Warrington Wolves earlier in the day had once again left the Broncos marooned at the bottom of the table, but this did nothing to deter the capital side from producing a spectacular display of attacking rugby to demolish the French outfit, a Rhys Williams double, taking his tally for the season to eleven, was added to by further scores from Kieran Dixon, Elliot Kear and man of the match Jordan Abdull, enough to see the visitors record an eye-catching (30-12) victory.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
The triumph in the south of France lifted the London Broncos competition points tally to twelve and had drawn them  back level again with Hull Kingston Rovers and Leeds Rhinos, ahead of a crucial Sky Sports televised fixture against the East Hull side at Ealing's Trailfinders Sports Ground five days later. London Broncos were to dominate the majority of the opening stanza and led 8-0 close to half time, a Morgan Smith try, his first for the club, sandwiched between two penalties from the ever reliable boot of Kieran Dixon.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
The visitors, under the tutelage of the recently appointed, Tony Smith needed a riposte, and  energised by a large travelling contingent, hit a purple patch either side of the interval, scoring three unanswered converted tries to leave the Broncos trailing by ten with little over half an hour left.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
Hull born Broncos playmaker,  Jordan Abdull remained determined to showcase his skills in front of a wider TV audience and kept the hosts in the contest, Alex Walker soon reducing the deficit at the back end of a set which followed a game-changing 40/20 from the former, before the talented stand-off himself was given a benefit of doubt four point score, following a close hand-on-ball first video referee referral.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
Kieran Dixon added the extras to both scores to nudge the hosts back into a tenuous lead they were not to lose for a second time, a converted 75th minute Rob Butler effort, his first for the club, eventually proving sufficient despite an even later Hull Kingston Rovers' six point score.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
The final whistle heralded a release of tension and sparked wild celebrations, similar to those of eleven days earlier following the St. Helens home victory, and a third consecutive win (26-24)  had hauled London Broncos from the foot of the Super League table for the first time in three months, ahead of a Sunday away trip to play-off chasing Castleford Tigers on the month's last day.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, June
London Broncos winning run came to an abrupt halt in West Yorkshire, as a rampant Castleford Tigers registered forty points against the capital outfit for a second time in 2019,  tries from Kieran Dixon, another stunning length of the field sprint, and a 12th of the campaign from leading marksmen, Rhys Williams providing little comfort as the Broncos fell to a disappointing (10-42) reversal, a result which consigned them back to the bottom of the Super League table, albeit level on 14 competition points with Hull Kingston Rovers, Huddersfield Giants, and Leeds Rhinos with nine matches of the regular season remaining.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
The first Saturday of the month saw London Broncos play host to second placed Warrington Wolves, and in front of another good crowd (2,357) it was the visitors who were to return to Cheshire with a resounding victory following an impressive six try first half display, a Matty Fozard second half effort ultimately proving to be of scant consolation as the Broncos slid to their sixth home reversal of the campaign (6-36).


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
London Broncos were back in front of the Sky Sports TV cameras the following Thursday as they travelled north to the KCOM Stadium, home of third in the table, Hull F.C.. Injuries were beginning to take their toll on Danny Ward's team, and a much changed line-up saw Kieran Dixon revert to full back in place of Alex Walker, whilst other notable absentees included Ryan Morgan, Morgan Smith, Greg Richards, Nathan Mason and Éloi Pélissier.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
The changes seemingly had an adverse effect on the capital side in a one-sided first half and London Broncos were staring down the barrel of a heavy defeat as they headed into the sheds at the break on the wrong end of a (0-34) score line. However, a stirring second half performance not only kept their hosts try less, but four point scores from Matty Fleming, Jordan Abdull against his former club, and a late double from Sadiq Adebiyi ensured respectability despite another loss (22-35).


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
Sat two points adrift of the field despite a number of sterling performances London Broncos needed a lift going into their final seven matches of the campaign, and they found it in unusual circumstances as St. Helens Head Coach, Justin Holbrook revealed in a press conference during the lead up to their Round 23 fixture that he intended to field a virtual second-string side against London Broncos, citing a recent run of demanding matches, and an upcoming Challenge Cup semi-final against Championship club, Halifax R.L.F.C. as mitigating factors.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
London Broncos were to take full advantage of the opportunity to register an unlikely home double over the runaway league leaders, and a stellar five try display swept them to their biggest victory of the season; a brace from former Saint, Matty Fleming and efforts from Luke Yates, Alex Walker and Matty Gee enough to see the hosts record a well-deserved (32-12) win over a youthful and determined St. Helens.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, July
The two competition points lifted London Broncos tally to 16 and once again brought them level with Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos at the foot of the Super League table, whilst Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity remained in the mix on 18 as the battle to avoid relegation intensified.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The month began with a second visit of the season of play-off chasing Salford Red Devils to Trailfinders Sports Ground with London Broncos looking to avenge two earlier defeats against the Manchester-based side, and hoping to maintain pressure on the four relegation threatened teams immediately above them in the Super League table.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The ensuing break for the Challenge Cup semi-finals (won by St. Helens and Warrington Wolves) had seen Head Coach,  Danny Ward strengthen his squad for the final six matches of the campaign with the recruitment of highly rated former NRL rookie,  Brock Lamb.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The  Australian's debut was not to be one to remember though as the Broncos succumbed to a heavy (28-58) defeat, 36 of those points yielded prior to half time to an impressive Red Devils outfit which effectively ended the game as a contest, the home side's only riposte, a length of the field interception try from Rhys Williams, the Welshman's 13th of the season.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
To their credit, the Londoners battled gamely in the second half and were rewarded with three further four point scores through Matty Fleming, Sadiq Adebiyi and Rob Butler, but the weekend was to end with London Broncos two points adrift of the field following Hull KR's dramatic (27-26) golden point victory over Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos (44-0) away success at Huddersfield Giants.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The following Saturday evening saw London Broncos return to the Mend-A-Hose-Jungle, home to Castleford Tigers and scene of a heavy Round 20 reversal at the end of June which had ended a season best three match winning streak.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The Broncos were to lose again, although this time the contest was much closer, and they led (6-4) at the break following recent Sydney Roosters signing, Brock Lamb's first try for the club. A resolute defensive effort in the second stanza kept the capital outfit firmly in the game, although the hosts were eventually to score 16 unanswered points, leaving the visitors to return south down the M1 on the wrong end of a (6-20) score line.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
London Broncos were on their travels the following weekend too, returning to the south of France looking for a repeat of the stunning Round 18 victory over Catalans Dragons nine weeks previous.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
Kieran Dixon was standout in a terrific team performance as the Broncos registered a memorable away league double, racing the length of the field to add to an earlier penalty, and his impressive touchline conversion saw the capital outfit lead (8-0) inside the game's opening ten minutes, an advantage they would maintain until the interval.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
Catalans Dragons hinted at a comeback soon after the break, crossing for an unconverted try, but a sweeping move orchestrated on the Broncos left hand edge ended with Alex Walker touching down under the sticks, the full-back's fifth try of the campaign, and with Kieran Dixon adding the extras and another penalty for home side indiscretion soon after, the contest was as good as over, confirmed when Brock Lamb slotted a long range drop goal, his first for the club.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The (17-4) win would lift London Broncos back level on 18 points with Hull KR, who lost a crucial four-pointer at home to relegation rivals, Wakefield Trinity and Huddersfield Giants, losers at the John Smith's Stadium to Castleford Tigers with three matches of the regular season remaining.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, August
The following weekend saw Warrington Wolves spring a Challenge Cup surprise with victory over much fancied St. Helens at Wembley, and Sheffield Eagles emerge victorious over Widnes Vikings in an all Championship inaugural 1895 Cup final.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, September
The fortnight interlude had given London Broncos plenty of time to re-energise following their exertions in the heat of the South of France, as they prepared to play host to fellow strugglers, Leeds Rhinos in the final home fixture of the season.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, September
A sunlit first Sunday afternoon of the month, and a season best and Trailfinders Sports Ground rugby league record crowd of 3,051 embraced the players, although it would be the large contingent of travelling fans who ended much the happier, their team scoring three tries in each half to all but secure the Rhinos' Super League status.


2019 London Broncos season, Year Review, September
The Broncos battled gamely as ever, and trailing (0-18) at the break briefly threatened another notable comeback early in the second half, a length of the field effort by speedster, Kieran Dixon following a trademark interception was followed quickly by a fifth try of the campaign by centre, Ryan Morgan to reduce the deficit to eight, but the West Yorkshiremen were not be denied as the Capital outfit ultimately ran out of steam to succumb to a (10-36) defeat.